Month: January 2016

A very easy recipe from my mother’s school cookbooks. Just the thing for when you have a few guests descending on you in forty minutes. Ever since I was small, I’ve loved my Mother’s scones. She’s been using the same recipe for nearly fifty years. She got it from her cookery teacher, at the age … Continue reading My Mother’s Everyday Scones

A great storecupboard supper that’s ideal for the winter months. Although, having said that, I have made this in the summer and I enjoyed it then too. This is one of those recipes that is easily adaptable to whatever you got in the fridge. I once made this using skinned Cumberland pork sausages, sliced chorizo … Continue reading Easy Midweek Paella

A lovely loaf cake from the famous Hummingbird Bakery in London. Just because I am on a diet, it doesn’t mean I can’t make or bake things and pass them on, does it? It’s a good plan really, I get slimmer while everyone else gets fatter. (Insert evil laugh here.) The recipe for this cake … Continue reading Blueberry Sour Cream Loaf

A great tasting stir-fry for two, which I came up with just today. And only two syns a portion on Slimming World. I could quite happily eat stir-fries every day. They are quick and easy, and everyone likes them. As a student I used to make a stir-fry once or twice a week. This one … Continue reading Chilli Chicken Stir-fry

A family favourite from my Mother’s notebook, practically the cake of my childhood. This isn’t a Slimming World recipe. Baking has long been a big thing in my family, my late father’s maternal grandfather was a baker from the Black Forest region of Germany, my mother’s maternal grandmother was an exceptional pastry maker, and one … Continue reading My Mother’s Boiled Fruit Cake

Well, this is it, my first Slimming World recipe. A filling pasta salad, based on an idea told to me by my cousin. The point of Slimming World is that it’s a lifestyle choice, not a diet. You can eat things on this, like pasta,and feel full afterwards. Which is great. And you can have … Continue reading Pesto Tuna Pasta Salad